Reply To: My grandfathers war diary 39 – 45

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Well our club has a rule of “in living memory” for display games (basically anything WW2 and later) in case it does cause offence for any veterans of these conflicts. It’s more a case of “triggering” unwanted memories and seeing their efforts turned into a “game” more than anything else. We DO have some ex military in our club, and do play just about any era on club nights, but we’re mindful of their feelings and steer away from anything they are not at ease with. (one chap no longer with us didn’t like to see SS on the table, and another didn’t want to see a Falklands game as he lost quite a few friends there in one action). But we had some that were more  than happy to play (and advise) on games depicting periods they fought in.

So it’s all just an aspect of “be mindful” of your fellow gamers, and be aware at a convention that there may be members of the general public there who might not want to see a game depicting a very personal experience for them.

Bur back to the OP, indeed it hard to compare what that generation went through compared to our (rather) spoiled existence. An era where “service” was expected rather than given freely, and those that didn’t perform were ostracised from society 🙁